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Latest News About Black Holes

A black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape its pull, even light. Learn more about what black holes are and the latest news.
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Mathematics Links Quantum Encryption and Black Holes
Computer Circuit Board
September 20th, 2013
A proposed mathematical proof that outlines the way information behaves in coded messages may have implications for black holes. The proof suggests that the radiation spit out by black holes may retain information on the dark behemoths.
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Black Hole Spits X-Rays From Our Galaxy's Core | Video
Black Hole Spits X-Rays From Our Galaxy's Core | Video
August 29th, 2013
Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes combined data to produce these views of Sagittarius A*. Less than 1% of the hot gas around this black hole will actually 'fall' into it.
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Third Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope: Photos
University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.
August 27th, 2013
The third of the seven primary mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast Saturday at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. The 20-ton mirror was formed by melting chunks of borosilicate glass in a rotating furnace.
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Magenta Blobs | Space Wallpaper
NuSTAR Magenta Black Holes
September 9th, 2013
This cool space wallpaper shows an optical color image of galaxies overlaid with X-ray data (magenta) from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR).
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Milky Way's Giant Black Hole Spits Out Its Food
Region Around Sagittarius A*
August 29th, 2013
The Milky Way's giant black hole turns out to be a messy eater. Of all the gas that falls toward it, 99 percent gets spewed back out into space, new observations show.
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Giant Telescope Mirror for Future Observatory to Be Cast Saturday
The Giant Magellan Telescope: Artist's View
August 23rd, 2013
An enormous mirror will be cast inside a scorching-hot furnace Saturday (Aug. 24), marking a key milestone in the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will collect more light than any instrument built to date.
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Pulsar Reveals Magnetic Field Around Our Giant Black Hole | Video
Pulsar Reveals Magnetic Field Around Our Giant Black Hole | Video
August 14th, 2013
Zoom in on the pulsar PSR J1745-2900 that has helped astronomers discover a powerful magnetic field around the monster black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.  
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'Space Slinky' Erupts from Giant Black Hole (Video)
August 30th, 2013
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have glimpsed a monster black hole disgorging a high-speed, spiraling jet of superheated plasma that looks like a slinky stretching and reforming in outer space.
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Scientists Construct Huge 20-Ton Mirror for Next Mega-Telescope
Third Mirror Cast for Giant Magellan Telescope
August 28th, 2013
The third of the seven primary mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast Saturday at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. The 20-ton mirror was formed by melting chunks of borosilicate glass in a rotating furnace at 2,140 de
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Hubble Takes Movies of 'Space Slinky' | Video
Hubble Takes Movies of 'Space Slinky'
August 22nd, 2013
At the center of elliptical galaxy M87, a supermassive black hole spews a high-speed jet of hot plasma. This Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse movie captures the movement of the jet over 13 years.
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